Thai Monk Ceremony: A Photo Essay
By the age of 20, most Thai Buddhist males become monks for a period of time so that their parents can receive many blessings and an easier afterlife. Thai Monk Ceremony is a short photo essay of this tradition and how extensive the celebration can be. You can also read my blog on how this changed my world of photography.
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Thai Buddhist Monk Ceremony
Dressed in white he is now a Naga as he receives blessings from a monk as part of the purification right at Phichit, Thailand. A naga is a mythical serpent that wished to be a monk and took human form to be ordained. Buddha, discovering that he was a serpent told him that only humans can be monks. The serpent asked for one favour that all newly ordained monks be called "naga" which Buddha consented.
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